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feet. Two adults and a young one were taken at 5,000 feet on the Papandaiang, 

 near Garut; two on the slopes of the Pangerango at about 4,500-4,800 feet; and 

 six adults on the Gedeh near the Mountain Gardens at Tjibodas. I feel almost 

 sure in saying that the lower limit of the occurrence of this amphibian is nearly 

 coincident with the lowest level at which there is a general occurrence of tree 

 ferns. Bryant got two on Mt. Salak, and seven on Mt. Gede, about Tjibodas, 

 at altitudes of from 4,500 to 6,400 feet. 



The peculiar larvae were sought in vain. They have been carefully de- 

 scribed by Weber {loc. cit.). Their habits are well considered by Annandale, 

 whose field notes Boulenger (Fasc. Malay. Zool., 1903, 1, 1, p. 132) has used. 

 Bryant, however, got eight at Tjibodas. These were taken from a small sluggish 

 pond, not from a rushing stream, which they have usually been reported as 

 frequenting. Van Kampen (Nat. tijd. Ned. Ind., 1909, 69, 1, p. 27) has added 

 some observations on specimens taken in a similar situation, which are of special 

 value in view of the very great interest which has been aroused by the remarkable 

 form of this curious larva. 



As Flower (Proc. Zool. soc. London, 1899, p. 913) notes for M. nasuta, the 

 specimens vary in color individually, and by frequent changing they always show 

 tints which harmonize wonderfully with dead leaves, in which they lie hidden 

 during the daytime. The colored figure, which has been made from my field 

 notes, shows this resemblance, very well. In these notes specimens are described 

 which in life are "Uniform violet above; belly rusty, mottled with dark 

 brown." * * "Immaculate violet brown above with a pair of dark spots on 

 the back, belly almost white with darker marblings." * * "Violet with many 

 varied black markings above, belly black, or brown, or violet gray with streaks 

 and spots of black." 



The largest example measured 5" from snout to vent; the smallest, a little 

 over an inch. Boulenger recorded a Javan individual in the British museum 

 which "bears a slight dermal appendage on the tip of the snout." This is not 

 the case with any one of this series. 



The range of this form includes the mainland, Philippines, Sumatra, Borneo, 

 and Java. 



Megalophrys hasseltii (Tschudi). 

 TscHUDi, Cla8s. Batr., 1838, p. 81. Boulenger, Proc. Zool. soc. London, 1908, p. 425. 



Type locality: — Java. 



Tschudi did not actually describe this species; but as he made his genus 

 Leptobrachium monotypic, we can use the generic characterization, which, 



